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Paramedic Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix para-

Paramedic has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment

"The paramedic rushed into the burning building to stabilize the victim's breathing before handing him over to the arriving firefighters."

2

An individual trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions, victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and preparing them for transport to a medical facility.

"The paramedic quickly stabilized the car accident victim on the roadside before loading him into the ambulance for transport to the ER."

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
paraprofessional
Rhyming Words
dic adic udic odic fdic asdic ridic vedic pudic iodic gadic ludic sodic eddic medic indic andic mundic nordic diodic
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